Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
April 4, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 4, 2008 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Royals 3, Minnesota Twins 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Gathright cf 4 1 1 0
Grudzielanek 2b 4 1 2 0
Gordon 3b 4 0 0 0
Guillen rf 4 0 0 1
Butler dh 4 0 2 1
  German pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Teahen lf 4 1 1 0
Gload 1b 3 0 1 0
Buck c 3 0 1 1
Pena ss 2 0 0 0
  Callaspo ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Bale p 0 0 0 0
  Gobble p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 3
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gomez cf 4 1 3 0
Mauer c 4 1 2 1
Cuddyer rf 2 0 2 0
  Kubel pr,rf 1 1 0 0
Morneau 1b 4 0 1 1
Young lf 4 0 0 1
Monroe dh 4 0 0 0
Lamb 3b 3 1 1 0
  Punto 3b 0 0 0 0
Tolbert 2b 2 0 1 0
Everett ss 2 0 0 1
Baker p 0 0 0 0
  Neshek p 0 0 0 0
  Nathan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 10 4
Kansas City 210 000 000380
Minnesota 102 100 00x4100
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bale  L(0-1) 6.1 10 4 4 1 2
  Gobble   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Ramirez   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
0
1
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Baker  W(1-0) 6.2 7 3 3 0 2
  Neshek   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Nathan  SV(2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
1

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 2. Pena-Grudzielanek-Gload, Bale-Pena-Gload, Minnesota 1. Tolbert-Morneau.  2B–Kansas City Teahen (1,off Baker), Minnesota Lamb (1,off Bale); Gomez (2,off Bale).  Team LOB–3.  SH–Tolbert (1,off Bale); Everett (1,off Bale).  Team–5.  SB–Gathright (2,2nd base off Baker/Mauer); Gomez 2 (4,2nd base off Bale/Buck 2).  U-HP–CB Bucknor, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Ed Rapuano, 3B–Ed Hickox.  T–2:42.  A–21,847.
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